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North
High School Wall of Honor
William Rex Dunning
Class of June, 1946
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Research done by Claradell Shedd, class of 1953. PAGE IN PROGRESS |
William Rex Dunning |
Bill
graduated in the June, 1946 North High Class. His next of kin
was shown as Mr. and Mrs. Rex Paul Dunning, 1234 7th Street, Des
Moines, Iowa. His service number in the US Marines was ___________. |
William Rex Dunning |
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Year |
x |
Rank/Event |
x |
Status |
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June, 1946 |
x |
Graduated |
x |
North High School, Des Moines,
IA |
June, 1946-
August,1951 |
x |
Schooling? |
x |
What did you do for five years
before being drafted? |
1946-1948 |
x |
Employment |
x |
Cownie Furs |
1949-1950 |
x |
Employment |
x |
Los Angeles Times |
1950-1951 |
x |
Employment |
x |
Lally's in Des Moines as general
office clerk |
August,
1951 |
x |
US Marines |
x |
Drafted.
When asked to choose his preferred branch of service, he
listed in order (1) Air Force; (2) Army; (3) Navy; (4) Marines.
At this time he was given the GCT (General Classifications
Test) for abilities and general intelligence and scored
so highly that he was chosen to accompany the bunch of new
Marine recruits to San Diego for training. When he arrived
in Marine Recruiting Depot in San Diego, he was informed
that he had achieved the third highest ever score on that
test that had ever been recorded in San Diego. |
date |
x |
US Marines |
x |
After basic training,
sent to study T38 radar system. Where and when? He spent
practically his entire Marine career as an instructor in
the T38 radar system and as an advisor to those in the field
who installed and repaired the radar system. |
1952 |
x |
Family |
x |
Married Gloria Schaller |
November 26,
1953 |
x |
US Marines/Sgt |
x |
Discharged at MCDS, San Francisco,
CA. |
November,
1953 |
x |
US Marines |
x |
Re-enlisted for
an additional three years at the Marine Corps Depot of Supplies
in San Francisco. |
1954-1956 |
x |
US Marines |
x |
To Naval Base at Norfolk, VA
to teach radar systems. |
1956 |
x |
US Marines/
Staff Sergeant |
x |
Discharged at Norfolk, VA |
1957-1958 |
x |
Employment |
x |
RCA Field Engineering in Norfolk,
VA. |
1959-1963 |
x |
Employment |
x |
Raytheon Marine Electronics
in Norfolk, Jacksonville, FL and New Orleans |
1963-1965 |
x |
Employment |
x |
Knapp-Monarch in
St. Louis |
1965-1967 |
x |
Employment |
x |
Modern Light Company,
St. Louis |
1967 |
x |
Employment |
x |
IBM
in St. Louis and Kingston, NY, Gaithersburg, MD, and Frankfurt,
Germany as programmer |
1978 |
x |
Family |
x |
Married Susan Gruen |
1988 |
x |
Employment |
x |
Retired from IBM
in Gaithersburg, MD |
June
29, 2012 |
x |
Deceased |
x |
Gaithersburg, MD |
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Naval
Station, San Diego |
Naval
Station, Norfolk, VA |
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William
Rex Dunning
Staff Sergeant
Hdqtrs., MCRD
US Marine Corps
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National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct
Medal |
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09/21/11:
Lived in MD. Died 06/29/12. |
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